Stinging Velvet Chords

KeyD CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays479

Stinging Velvet by Neko Case is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, D6, Db, G and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro 
D  D6  D  D6  Db  D  Db  D 


D 
Rain falls, I fix my eyes 

D 
Let go of the focus and 

D 
I blur out all the lines 

        Db    D   Db    D 
Just to remember, remember 

D 
Crying 'cause it's not my fault 

D 
Water through my lashes look  

D 
just like Christmas lights 
    
            Db    D   Db    D 
And I still remember, remember 

G          Bm  
Cold and shiver and 

G          Bm 
Cold and shiver and 

G         Bm          D 
Cold and shiver and warm 

Db    D     Db     D 
Oh    oh    oh    oh  

D 
Sing please, rock me to sleep 

D 
Quiet as a canyon up under heaven's eaves 

  Db     D    Db    D 
I surrender, surrender 

D 
Downstairs the furnace swells 

D 
Safe from all the horrors  

D 
In your stinging velvet arms 

      Db     D   Db     D 
And I surrender, surrender 

G          Bm  
Cold and shiver and 

G          Bm 
Cold and shiver and 

G          Bm        D 
Cold and shiver and warm 

G         Bm  
Cold and shiver and 

G         Bm 
Cold and shiver and 

G         Bm          D 
Cold and shiver and warm 


D  D6  D  D6  Db  D  Db  D 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante